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Diabetes management before and after cancer diagnosis: missed opportunity [PDF]

, 2015
Background Few studies have examined the management of comorbidities in cancer patients. This study used population-based data to estimate the guideline concordance rates for diabetes management before and after cancer diagnosis and examined if diabetes ...
Anderson, Roger T., Camacho, Fabian T., Chukmaitov, Askar S., Fleming, Steven T., Yao, Nengliang   +4 more
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Evidence for integrating eye health into primary health care in Africa: a health systems strengthening approach [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The impact of unmet eye care needs in sub-Saharan Africa is compounded by barriers to accessing eye care, limited engagement with communities, a shortage of appropriately skilled health personnel, and inadequate support from health systems ...
Boateng Wiafe, Daniel Etya’ale, Hannah B Faal, Ingrid Mason, Paul Courtright, Ronnie Graham, Rènée du Toit, Simon Bush, Wanjiku Mathenge   +8 more
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Improving eye care in residential aged care facilities using the Residential Ocular Care (ROC) model: study protocol for a multicentered, prospective, customized, and cluster randomized controlled trial in Australia

Trials, 2018
Background Older adults in residential aged care facilities have unnecessarily high levels of vision impairment (VI) which are largely treatable or correctable.
Edith E. Holloway, Marios Constantinou, Jing Xie, Eva K. Fenwick, Eric A. Finkelstein, Ryan E. K. Man, Michael Coote, Jonathan Jackson, Gwyn Rees, Ecosse L. Lamoureux   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breathing Signature as Vitality Score Index Created by Exercises of Qigong: Implications of Artificial Intelligence Tools Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. [PDF]

, 2019
Rising concerns about the short- and long-term detrimental consequences of administration of conventional pharmacopeia are fueling the search for alternative, complementary, personalized, and comprehensive approaches to human healthcare.
Dethlefs, Brent A, Lee, Katherine L, Li, Shengwen Calvin, Loudon, William G, Luo, Jane, Su, Qingning, Zhang, Junjie   +6 more
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One-year Profile of Eye Diseases in Infants (PEDI) in secondary (rural) eye care centers in South India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study was to report the proportion and patterns of eye diseases observed among infants seen at two rural eye care centers in South India. Methods: A retrospective review of case records of infants seen between January 1, 2017 and
Mayank Jain, Pratap Anjani, Gayatri Krishnamurthy, Virender Sachdeva, Ramesh Kekunnaya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical and perceived quality of care for maternal, neonatal and antenatal care in Kenya and Namibia: the service provision assessment. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundThe majority of women in sub-Saharan Africa now deliver in a facility, however, little is known about the quality of services for maternal and newborn basic and emergency care, nor how this is associated with patient's perception of their ...
Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Montagu, Dominic, Sudhinaraset, May   +2 more
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Compliance with follow-up in patients with diabetic macular edema: Eye care center vs. diabetes care center

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023
Purpose: The study was conducted to compare the compliance to intravitreal injection treatment and follow-up in patients with center-involving diabetic macular edema (CI-DME) and treatment outcomes between a tertiary eye care facility and a tertiary ...
Geetha Kumar, Saranya Velu, Ramachandran Rajalakshmi, Janani Surya, Viswanathan Mohan, Aayushi Raman, Rajiv Raman   +6 more
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Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group. [PDF]

, 2017
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of cancer. However, increasing use of immune-based therapies, including the widely used class of agents known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, has exposed a discrete group of immune-related adverse ...
Abdallah, K., Anderson, J., Andrews, S., Arrindell, D., Ballesteros, J., Bingham, C. O., Boyer, J., Brogdon, C., Chen, D., Chonzi, D., Cotarla, I., Cunha, R., Dadu, R., Davies, M., Dawson, M., Diab, A., Dicker, Adam, Eifler, L., Ernstoff, M. S., Ferguson, A., Ferlini, C., Frankel, S., Go, W., Gochett, C., Goldberg, J., Goncalves, P., Goswami, T., Gregory, N., Gulley, J. L., Hamad, L., Hayreh, V., Helie, N., Holmes, W., Hsu, J. Y., Ibrahim, R., Kaufman, H. L., Kim, S., Lacouture, M. E., Lambotte, O., Larocca, C., LeBoeuf, N. R., Lehman, K., Lenihan, D., Ley-Acosta, S., Luke, J., McClure, J., Michelon, E., Nakamura, M., Onofrei, C., Patel, K., Piperdi, B., Puzanov, I., Rasheed, Z., Reshef, D., Riemer, J., Robert, C., Sarkeshik, M., Saylors, A., Schreiber, J., Shafer-Weaver, K., Shannon, V., Sharfman, W., Sharma, R., Sharon, E., Sherry, R., Silk, A. W., Simonson, C., Skondra, D., Suarez-Almazor, M. E., Thomas, C., Thompson, J. A., Trehu, E., Tresnan, D., Turner, M., Wang, Y., Wariabharaj, D., Waxman, I., Wiley, K., Wood, L., Zhang, L., Zheng, P.   +80 more
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Best practice eye care models

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Since the launching of Global Initiative, VISION 2020 "the Right to Sight" many innovative, practical and unique comprehensive eye care services provision models have evolved targeting the underserved populations in different parts of the World.
Babar M Qureshi, Rabiu Mansur, Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi, Van Lansingh, Kristen Eckert, Kunle Hassan, Thulasiraj Ravilla, Mohammad Muhit, Rohit C Khanna, Chaudhry Ismat   +9 more
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BRAIN TUMOR CARE THROUGH THE PATIENT'S EYES -- THE VALUE OF A COMPREHENSIVE BRAIN TUMOR CENTER [PDF]

Neuro-Oncology, 2014
BACKGROUND: (blind field). METHODS: Surveys of patients, caregivers and health care providers were performed by us and others to help identify the patient experience and the suggested means to provide support and improve quality of life. The people and processes needed to provide a comprehensive and supportive experience are discussed.
M. L. Rosenblum, A. Robin, T. Walbert, T. Mikkelsen, S. Kalkanis, M. Rosenblum   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source